When did the Internet become popular?

Answer:

The internet was invented in 1969 by ARPANET. The World Wide Web was invented in 1989. The first website was launched in 1990. But during all of that, most people didn't know about the internet.

The internet became well known with the launch of Windows 95 in 1995, but most people didn't get it in their homes until 1997 and 1998. In fact, the percent of households with internet access only reached 50 percent in 2000! Some people didn't see any usefulness in the internet or simply didn't want to pay the high prices. Remember that there was no YouTube, Facebook, or even Google in the earliest days of the internet.

Also keep in mind that home computers didn't become popular themselves until around 1995. Windows 95 was the first highly anticipated product-- before then, many products just faded into popularity. Today, nearly every product is launched with a bang.

Hope I gave you all the information you needed, and then some.

--Jonny Watts